metronymic的词源

英文词源

metronymic (adj.)

"derived from the name of a mother or maternal ancestor," 1881, from Late Greek metronymikos "named for one's mother," from meter (genitive metros) "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + onyma (see name (n.)). Related: Metronymically (1822).

中文词源

metronymic：母系的，母名的，跟母亲姓的

来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,-onym,名字，词源同name,anonymous.即母亲名字的，引申词义母系的，跟母亲姓的等。

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